Antitank gun units

[Volcano Man]

AT defense, especially for the Germans in the later titles, is something that has bothered me. I really think the issue is that there is no ambush capability for them. AT guns just cannot survive in the front line for very long.

I agree with that AT gun's primary strength was concealment and the fact that they could be hidden until they fired that first volley. One game play improvement that would be nice (in addition to the AT/HAA unit 1 hex limited move idea) would be to represent this strength in firepower from concealment by having AT and HAA units located in a *negative modified terrain type* (including fortification markers) increase their hard attack values by the % of the terrain in which they are in *when firing at hard target vehicle units*. In other words, if an 88mm FLAK gun is located in a forest or town of -40% defensive modifier then its fire would be modified by +40% to represent concealment. A hard attack of 52 for the 88mm FLAK unit would suddenly become 73. In the same example, if the 88mm unit was located in a TRENCH in the forest then it would have a protection level of -80%, so it would have a +80% *HARD ATTACK* increase so that a hard attack of 52 would become 94, almost doubling its effectiveness.

It is important to stress that only its hard attack vs. hard target vehicles units would increase, thereby making infantry the best weapon of choice in defeating AT gun units. It is also important to stress that they would only get the increase when firing at hard target vehicle units so that a user cannot use AT/HAA guns against BUNKER and PILLBOXES by moving them adjacent and then digging them in to get a firepower bonus. :o

Anyone writing all this down for the next Tillercon? ;)